Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political prisoner as chairman of the board. When Fiore returns to Italy to get government funds for the project, Spiro unexpectedly disappears and Gino sets out on a journey to find him. The search leads him to discover Spiro's tragic personal history and witness Albanian poverty firsthand.

Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.

A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.

A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life and consider their daughter to be “misbehaving” whenever she’s trying to find her own way in life.

The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.

From Regina's personal and visual memories, a tribute to her uncle Thomas, who was an artistic inspiration and played a key role in her becoming a filmmaker. A moving tribute to a poet of the everyday.

Four tales, each centered on a woman, journey inward to explore the enigmatic reality of their lives, connecting through a single narrative thread.

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-biographic film, in four chapters, about a family spanning from 1948 until recent times. Combined with intimate memories of each member, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained in their land and were labelled "Israeli-Arabs," living as a minority in their own homeland.

An emotionally distant father attempts to reconnect with the son he abandoned. After his estranged son tries to commit suicide, Argentine expat Martín brings the troubled teen to live with him in Spain. But though Martín tries to reach out to his son, he's unable to bond with anyone in his life -- including his much-younger girlfriend

En mand tænker over sin ungdoms tabte kærlighed og sin rejse fra Taiwan til USA for mange år siden, efterhånden som han får genskabt kontakten til sin datter.

Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When a new and obviously strict headmaster arrives, the students naturally try to overthrow him. A comic war of nitwits follows.

A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

Den erfarne og prisvindende filmskaber Patricio Guzmáns visuelle mesterværk LYSETS NOSTALGI viser en nations smerte, glæder og hemmeligheder. I Chiles Atacama-ørken ser astronomer dybt ind i kosmos i deres søgen efter svar om oprindelsen af liv. Ikke langt derfra leder en gruppe kvinder i sandet efter ligdele af deres kære, efterladt af Pinochets regime...

Da han finder ligene af sin kone og søn i ruinerne af en sønderbombet cafe overfor den amerikanske ambassade, brister tråden. Som i et uvirkeligt mareridt opsøger han den nærmeste moske og skyder vanvittigt ind i de bedende muslimer. Han flygter fra sin retmæssige straf, fra sit tidligere liv som familiefar og under Fremmedlegionens anonyme farer udmærker han sig som dedikeret lejesoldat, totalt blottet for følelser. Få år senere befinder han sig på den serbiske side i borgerkrigen i Bosnien. Som en udenforstående dræbermaskine på automatpilot. I et kaos af afstumpet ødelæggelse, genopdager han pludselig sin undertrykte menneskelighed.

Da Jesus blev korsfæstet, havde den romerske centurion, Marcellus Gallio, kommandoen over henrettelsespelotonen. Siddende ved foden af korset vinder han Jesus' kjortel i spil. Det bliver starten på en række begivenheder, der vil lede ham på en livslang rejse til fjerne lande, hvor han vil møde magtfulde mænd, der hver på sin måde kommer til at tage plads i verdenshistorien.

Spanien, 1936. En republikaner fra Den Spanske Borgerkrig, som frygter repressalier, skjuler sig i sit hjem i over 30 år med sin kones hjælp.

Følg med Lillefod og hans venner samt 3 gavtyveagtige nye dinosaurer ud på endnu et spændende eventyr. En enorm meteorit er faldet ned i Den Store Dal, har afskåret vandforsyningen og skabt spændinger blandt de engang så fredelige dinosaurer. I deres iver for at hjælpe går Lillefod og hans venner på jagt efter vand og finder et stort vandhul mellem Den Store Dal og Den Forbudte Dal hvor de frygtede Skarptænder holder til! Eventyret udvikler sig, da ungerne kommer i klammeri med dinobøllerne ved siden af, undgår en voldsom ildebrand og møder en flok hidsige velociraptorer. En vidunderlig fortælling fyldt med sang, spænding, humor og venskab.